Brewing a Whitbread Ale Likeness, the Wyeast 1099 packet they had at the FLHBS had a packing date of 29 June 2020. The packet says 'best used within 6 months of packing', bought it anyway because it was the only one they had.
Smacked it and this is what it looked like after 2-1/2 hours... not at all swollen. Opened it and pitched it, was darker brown and smelled like white wine. Ugh. Still a bit early to tell, but it may be that the entire packet was dead.
I have some S04 I can pitch to save the batch for the most part, but if the packet was really and truly completely dead (Hopeful some yeasties survived so it becomes a major underpitch) will it add significant off-flavors to the finished beer?
In other words, should I just dump it now, or add the S04. (I will wait 2 full days for signs of any fermentation first).
As usual, the photo from my phone displays sideways. @Yooper does the forum automatically reorient photos to landscape?
Smacked it and this is what it looked like after 2-1/2 hours... not at all swollen. Opened it and pitched it, was darker brown and smelled like white wine. Ugh. Still a bit early to tell, but it may be that the entire packet was dead.
I have some S04 I can pitch to save the batch for the most part, but if the packet was really and truly completely dead (Hopeful some yeasties survived so it becomes a major underpitch) will it add significant off-flavors to the finished beer?
In other words, should I just dump it now, or add the S04. (I will wait 2 full days for signs of any fermentation first).
As usual, the photo from my phone displays sideways. @Yooper does the forum automatically reorient photos to landscape?